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As far as time goes, it's fair to say that the biggest element is the blank preparation and glueing. Hence if making a few pens it's far quicker to organise them in batches.

In terms of chisels - the skew every time. Honed using a piece of 400g Wet & Dry flat on the bench (or sheet of glass) after every pen to keep the edge really keen. The only other tool I ever use is a fine parting tool to create tenons where needed.

[QUOTE="Oke Craft, post: 245110, member: 1403"] As far as time goes, it's fair to say that the biggest element is the blank preparation and glueing. Hence if making a few pens it's far quicker to organise them in batches. In terms of chisels - the skew every time. Honed using a piece of 400g Wet & Dry flat on the bench (or sheet of glass) after every pen to keep the edge really keen. The only other tool I ever use is a fine parting tool to create tenons where needed. [/QUOTE]

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